Chile earthquakes

M4.3 earthquake 21 km NW of La Serena, Chile

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 21 km NW of La Serena, Chile on Sun, Oct 25, 2015, 10:13 AM GMT-3 (13:13 UTC), 35 km (22 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 42 km W of Ovalle, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.3 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2015-10-25 13:13:46 UTC
Depth
35.3 km (21.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.753° S, 71.381° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
4.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 3°, dip 47°, rake 68°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 213°, dip 47°, rake 112°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.6 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
122°
Stations used
97

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.147 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3984 days ago · 36 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 4.442 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3983 days ago · 43 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 4.478 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3979 days ago · 17 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 4.071 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 19 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 4.583 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 12 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 4.282 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 5.491 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 4.869 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3974 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 6.2107 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3974 days ago · 13 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  10. 4.135 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 40 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 4.336 km S of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 50 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 4.5100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3972 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 4.378 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3971 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 4.383 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3971 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 4.2Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 4.375 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 4.4Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 6.981 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 48 · tsunami flag
  19. 5.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 4.978 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 4.886 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 4.881 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 15 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 5.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 4.691 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 12 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 4.587 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 6.985 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 23
  27. 5.187 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  28. 4.868 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 13 km deep · 58 km away
  29. 4.372 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  30. 4.588 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  31. 4.273 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 15 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  33. 4.690 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 13 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 4.586 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 12 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 14 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 4.680 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 4.583 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 14 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 4.391 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 4.666 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 4.486 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3969 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 4.465 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 4.4103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 4.367 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3968 days ago · 18 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 4.485 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 4.386 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 35 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 4.379 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3967 days ago · 17 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 4.371 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  51. 3.977 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 14 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 4.420 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3965 days ago · 50 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 4.675 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3965 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  55. 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3962 days ago · 28 km deep · 60 km away
  56. 4.586 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3962 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 3.9100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3961 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 3.849 km SSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3960 days ago · 30 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 4.160 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3960 days ago · 23 km deep · 99 km away
  60. 5.854 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3959 days ago · 27 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 10

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 3.948 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3988 days ago · 29 km deep · 95 km away
  2. 4.010 km SSE of Coquimbo, Chile · 3988 days ago · 52 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 4.075 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3988 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 4.253 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3990 days ago · 25 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  5. 4.252 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3990 days ago · 22 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 4.155 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3991 days ago · 17 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 3.953 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3992 days ago · 26 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 4.388 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3992 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.915 km ESE of La Serena, Chile · 3992 days ago · 92 km deep · 36 km away
  10. 4.570 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3993 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 4.153 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 35 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 4.123 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3996 days ago · 25 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 4.243 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 30 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 4.940 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3997 days ago · 36 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  15. 4.267 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3998 days ago · 18 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 4.319 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 42 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 4.357 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3999 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 4.444 km WNW of Ovalle, Chile · 3999 days ago · 25 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 4.649 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 20 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 4.247 km W of Ovalle, Chile · 4000 days ago · 26 km deep · 95 km away

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